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UMS BflOnr FREE WES Chicago man who was married by 80 women is in jnll nnd safe at last. Tho Rpriln police wiiniow hnvo a ripping time with a cerlaln prisoner. The smnlieKt baby on record haa been named Mr. Taft. Why on earth didn't they think of Hnnnparte? CollarlesB coats nro tbroatencd, trust the summer will see (he restoration of onff-leSR trousers.

Having caught one of tho rippers Uerlfn police mlsht Inflict his fiiilt- punishment, with his krilfe. And now college prnfcsnor ile- ecrlhos Itoosovelt as "comblnntlnn of St. Paul nnd St. Vltus." Minneapolis will resent this. On rare cicuasjnris the rzar of Hus- Is compelled (o muster up cuur- agft enough to fio downtown.

Ho Is a grent potentafc. Iowa State News a Tkroufkent the Klrfttn Maxim duing i pogaibm with his smokeless nnd noiBC-- less firenrma to snve the feelings of ho man who hnmllcR the weapon. If yon care to make little money get an option on a race course for fly- Infi mnnlilnes. Air grants flro still to te had for the mere taking. The fiO-dollnr-nn-oiince dog of Mme.

a Is rtoad. Tho had named ft Salome. Perhaps It thouglit tt had bolter die. American feet that It is up to them to protect this country to their Inst drop of hloc-il since Helen Oouid lives here. A golf cabinet should be more offco than tennle cnblnot In (hat one game permits far more conversation than the other.

suffrnuettos aro hnvlng as much excitement os If circumstances permitted them to participate In election riots. Hunters Drown at Waterloo. a Chris anrf Wf.nk wore drowned in tho cedar river Sunday noon while out duck i Dozens of people wore forced lo stand hclplosH on tho banks of the stream while two of tho men, clinging- to the boat, were swept ever the dam. Tho i aban- thf boat some distance above the Oam nnd failed In nr attempt to to tlio shore. Tho men wore first sown clinging to the upturned boat half a mile above tlio dam.

People who rciBbod to tho shore found the boats there securely locked to trees and not an oar In sight. Powerless to aid. they were forced to stand on the bank and see the three mi'n helplessly down the rushing current. National Convention Called. It.

Hcnkert, national chairman of the United Christian party, tho unique political organization which tins run a candidate for president In several national campaigns, and which was founded In Davenport and hn Its national head quarters here, has Issued a call for liie next national convention of the party "In thn Wnlch Tower In Ilock Island, May 7909, to confer with one a conctrnlnfi the wll and kingdom of God In oarth, In behalf of a i as the assembly led by His Spirit nnd governed by Ills command of love, may we see and acl upon." to bo iniisht in thn schools. There IK a nation a cnn see the hand of i without wnlllnj? to feel It applied. Castro shoils his ox- elusion from Venezuela It Is a algn that reports exngsernted the size of the Ironsiiro choEt with which he departed. Virginia man sees a movlnn-plclure Rceno and goes out nml kills Homebody. Woman KOCH movlnc pictures of Colllnw-nod flro nnd goes crazy.

They do mnve. The now expected to euro old URC. This IB tho finishing blow to Hie Onlor Ilionry and realizes Ponco tin Lnnn'R dronm of jior- podial youth. Modern science is (he real mlrarlo-maker. London nnwHpnpprBTit chnrKo Something liko a dojinr n.

lino for pub- Hulling notices of Rocfcty nvontn. Yet. It tbe faAlilonribles -cfttfrd "the smnrt net "--not tlrf publishers who Charges iTrif nuidb by'TiTs men a I Hey, the Turlclah consul nt Now York, hnx boon i nf grafting on by menus of liln official If tlio clinrgcB nro I mo we Hhmild like to know If ho Imported thrfl vlco from Turkey or ulidorlmd (I after he cumo ncrusH thu oconn. To hear that iTaTeu'l bar mny hn stretched nlmoBl niia-thlril of heforo breaking mny not bo news to (ho engineers, but It la contrary to popular OBtltnatee of olnRtlc sub- slnncoB. Such Is Iho ruport of a lest of llio Irmsllo strength of piece of i material rnr.de ree-er Cnstro was qnolodTTio cither itny as say Ins ho would return to Venezuela, 'live there as private cltlzon and bo good.

Hut Venezuela, Ihrough President Gomez, has forbidden Ilia relurn to Hint of Cnslro nnd his family. ThlH wlll nrolmlily "go," and Cnslro will stay where he Is or Home- where else outsldo of his a i land. Tho report a ft yottriR womnn of that city is racing Invnlldlsm for life because of blnod- polBoning contracted from careless hnndllng of carbon pnper for mani- folding should bo .1 warning to typo- writers In general. The coloring matter used In carbon paper Is said to be dangerous when It gets Into the throat or eyes. did not seem very ioTTant In congress to accept from two women tho gift of an Island for military purposes and to accept It In such a way ihnt it did not.

have to give the formal "thanks" to tho donors which would have allowed them tho privilege of the floor. But congress probably reasoned that the precedent of two women on the floor would prove equal to all tho male contingent and sacrificed jjuj. lantry to the' Instinct ot self-preservation. Bromine, useful In medicine, photog raphy, manufacture of dyes and in certain metallurgical operations, It fii'OuiiOei! eoriiiiiL-i-eiuiiy in only foili states of this country--MlchlRan. Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Lasl output wns 1,379,490 pounds. Anyway, lucre are too many wile animnls in Africa. A rhinoceros If among the natural resources that dr not conserving. Then, again, remarks the Chicago Tribune, what pos slble use could (lie average man make of a domesticated hippopotamus? Manitoba last year produced iiiialiem of grunt, crik'fiy wheat. The output the year before was 99,000,000 ImsheJs.

i i a very recent period the entire wheat product of Canada wan less than bushels. That country ha not yet come within an approximallon of tke wheat yield of the United States bm Is well. And, remarks the Truy (N. Times, American farm- who have emigrated to the Ca- end American ag- rscfhlnsry aave had a cood Police to Watch Autos. Sioux result of tho running down of Ilttlo Joo a 0- year-old boy, by a recklessly driven automobile the nnMrn co mlBBlonere hnve about decided lo do- tail officers on bicycles to apprehend reckless drivers, Tho little feilow who was nvar regained cotiBcloiiBiK'SB and hopes for Ills recovery nro BllRlit.

The boy's a won killed a year ago by an automobile. Cigarettes the Cause. DOB her husband, John E. Ilapcr. of Omaha, smoked cigarettes Incoasanlly, Mrs.

Hupor ha ilfcd suit for a dlvorro In district court. In her sho thnl tlio clgiircttpa caused hor husband's mind to boRomo depraved, that ho a und abused lier In i i ninniior. Sha aekB In hnvo her imma roslorod to C'lnru U. Uolp If IB eraulod a decree. In Large Numbers.

nrn i i a iinsiiliig Wubslor City I a BiirliiK than Imvu ciunu Ibis wn.v for the piiBt ten yours. Tho majority nf ilH-Di, too, nrn nli(ldl; nucd man out of of Llio umml "U'carlo Wllllo" type. i reportB i throu ilnioH im ninny mot) iiro Ijo- liiK K'VOII IndKltiR the i a i tlila "prlnj; ns npplind for a roat last year nt tills Iliuo, To Dig Into I i a Mounds. Stoux roBtilt of Ink-rent, In nn adilroas delivered bcfnro tho Sioux City Acndomy of Bcluncoa by Prof. B.

L. Hewclt of WnhlitKton, D. director of American I of ArclinotiloRy, a branch of tho Iowa Archaeological oolety will lie formed her for the purpose of conducting a i i i I i a i of tho Indian nf Wondhiiry Prevenl't Mother's Suicide. Jack llnrrls was saved ImnKliii; herself In tlio gwrruf. by hor little BOH, who, a straiifio noise, Investigated and cut her down before nho fltrangled.

She hnd iiorsulf because hor othor son lir.d been sont to the for five yor.rs Jiy Judge Evans for keeping house of 1)1 fame. Tho woman tvlll recover. Pioneer Resident Naturalized. Sioux of becoming homesteader, Mrs. Margaret Loiiff, aged 7G years, a native of Canada, foreswore nllcglanco to King Edward of England and took out her first na- turallr.utfon papers ns a Btibpject of Uncle 8am.

Mrs. was pioneer resident ot Larchwood, Lyon county, Iowa. Man Stricken Speechless, has robbed Isaac neizenstelu of speech. The aged man was stricken a month ago. The trouble sprond and he is unable to spenlc.

Caught Cracksmen. Sioux Citycracftsmen broke open the Jewelry stores of John Douglas and William Rhnrle, and secured a big haul, in oach case entrance was effected by smashing a plale gloss window. Tim roblery occurred between 10 and in. Night watcBmon tracked the men fn the snow to the railroad crossing north of town and caugiil them waiting for tho midnight passenger. They were lodged In the conniy Jail.

They secured 1500 from each place. Tlicy give the names of Allen and Brown. Prof. Tannehlll Dead. Codnr orgfi W.

Tannehill, .70 years old, the "blind mathematician" IK dead. For 44 years lie fvas the teacher ot mathematics In Iowa college for the blind at Vlnton, Iowa. Convict Flpliy of Murder. of murder la the first degree and penalty flxed at life imprisonment Is the verdict ot the jury In the trial of JSBM Flitey, charged with the warder of Thomas W. Read.

Klltorf to 1 Cwacll j. a prominent Insurance man of Cotin dl Bliiffs, was killed hi the Northwestern yards feere. Tne exact elr surrounding MeCtine' death are not known. the yards soaking a man with whom he bad nomS business and it is presumed that ho hart attempted to catch the last of a string of fifteen ears tha were bains taken to the Vwer yards for a ride to the station ann frill un der tho wheels. His mangled body was found under tho last car after tho trainmen hnd i attention at irncted to fluttering Kttrmnnt an had Ktoppcd the train.

McCune was 30 ypftcs old. Jfo was for a number of yenra of the cnl lodge of Elks. Ho louvos a widow and one son. Claims Servian Throne. report that King Pet er of Sorvla hug announced liis In tentlon of i i his throne and spending (bo remainder of his life In Switzerland, recalls tho fact that an Iowa man, Maximilian Streu, of Numa, Appanooie county, haa claims to this throne and may now make a deeper- effort to alt on the throne and rule the Servians.

Strcu'd claims have been made public through the papers many times and be stil stoutly maintains that he should bo given opportunity to prove hlB rights. Thn Iowa man is a telegraph operator and for a of years bits resldod nt the little station of Kock Island, attending to his duties as a railroad man, dreaming of tho time and the day whrin no shall don tho purple of office, wear the ermine and rule over tbe Snrvlni: people. Rewards for Clean Yards. Village association, a society of women whose business la to encourage nnd promote the cleanliness of Vllllsca, have come out i the announcement that premiums will bo given for the three best kojvi buck and front yards this summer. The offor IB and for tiio (hrou neatest yards and the only condition la that womou wishing to compote register their names and the ward, they live In with the society.

Vllllnca Is already one of the clejiHost beautllul towns In Iowa, but there nro many bnch yards that would look mucli botlo; If swept cloan of old tin cans and oilier rubbish and a few flower BOL'dc planted In their stead In the opinion of thu Improvement assotU tlon. a Killed by Remedy, doctor Inking his own motllcino nonrly cost the llfo of Dr. A. Ilullofk, luudlng practlllonci of this place. Ho had uri lie it for a i who, utter taking BUI nil doso of tho mcdlelnc, complained of WOI-HO pain limn he had lied liuforo and wont to tho doctor about It, do- olnrliiK liu hulluvod that tho proncrlp- tlon was wriing.

Dr. Uullack foil so Biiri" Hint nu nilBtako bad boon nmdn tlmt li! took ti lllmrul swiitlow of luo potion. Tries to i Sulalde. A. Qlljford, re- i i from DUH Molnos swallowod i i of hottlo of chloroform nml Is In a precarious condition.

Hu IH a plumber, IB nmrrlod and hns fl a i IB steadily employed In i on tho a i ho snoinod to bo In a porfectly normal condition of mind. I a i say ho RtiiHRored out. of tho IIOIIHO choking, nml whnn ashed I)la troubln Hnld ho hnd tnkon soinelhlng to end his lite. Youngest Sheriff, luid tlio honor of visit of tho youngost sheriff in the stnte of IOWH. This official halls from Cedar county mid la Just 2B yearn of age.

Sheriff flelt oatno to iho city on official business nnd utter tlio fnsh- Ion ot emissaries of tlio law on business bi'nt, ropalrod nt onco to tho police Btntlan. There It was learned Hint Iho visitor was tho youngest sheriff In the Btuto. Ilia held a county In Codar county for four torms. Boy Hun Down by Auto. Sioux i from an errand, Joseph O'Lenry, tiio C-year-old son of Mrs.

O'Lenry, WBB run down by an nutomobllo driven by Lnwton Wychnff. According to eye witnesses the machine was traveling at nt a speed nnd It Is probable thnt a warrant will bo Issued for Wyclioft'a arrest. The boy's father woa run down nnd killed by an automobile on Sept. 10, 1907. Married In His Own Church.

The marriage of Rev. Frnnk McCnllon. pnator of the Christ- Ian church of Greenfield, to Miss Maude Brown ot Orient was solemnized In the groom's church In the presence uf 300 invited guests. A wedding supper followed, served In the church by tbe ladles and was followed by a' public reception. Bank Rubbers are Foiled.

el Aroused by tho explosions of four charged of a i In tho First National bank here, citizens armed wtth shotguns routed robbers who had attempted unsuccessfully to break Into tlio vault. Tlio bandits escaped on a hand car wnlch waa found later near Hartley. P. u. Mitchell, well In Omnha, vvna found dead In a cell In the county Jail from un over- doso of some drug.

He was held for several forgeries here. Girl Gets Estate In Part. Sioux Uy a sealed verdict In the matter. of the estate ot the negro, J. E.

Matthews, thirteen-year-old Hazel Klegln of Omaha, will get but one- thir 1 of the estate. The Jury recognized the two Austin children who were also contenders. U. S. SOLDIERS LEAYE CUBA HOME GOVERNMENT NOW IS IN FULL CONTROL.

Stars and Stripes Taken Down While Soldiers March from Fort to Transports, Inat emblem of Amer- cnn domination over Cuba disappeared Thursday when two battalions of tho Twonty-seventli Infantry, and engineers Balled for home. The ceremony attending tho transfer of authority look iilnco In tho presence of thu American garrison ot Camp Columbia, constating of two battalions of tho Twcnty-Acvunth Infantry, tlireo companies of engineers, and one bat- allon of Cuban forming tliroo 'lies of H. hollow H((imre. At the liirbcijtiji niftj. Gen.

Thoiii- IB H. Uarry, commanding, Lieut, Byard 3need of tho Twenty-seventh Infan- ry, advanced lo tlio flagstaff and muled down Uin colors. Tho troops proHontad arms nnd tho 'iiban and American bands played Tho 8tnr-8pnnglod Uaiiner." A 'nban Iteutoimnt thon raided tho colors. Tho troops again sa- ulcd and the hands play tho "Hymnb le llHyamo." The LraiiBfor of the camp being tluiB tho Cubiin troops llnod the (iiidBldo und presented arms, whllo ho AnmrlcaiiB, nuiiibarlng tibout 800, heavy marching ordur, swung past. I'liey halted oulBltto tho camp limits wliero long lino of trolley cars was walling to convoy lo the trims- lorlB Stunner ritid McCIolInn lying at liu iirsotint doclw, Revival fer Cldera Chttrehee, Kldora churches hava arranaml for the hoWIng of a re- viral meeting the wmlng fall, beaHa- nlnc October 17, nnder UM Wf JUT.

ri.ioiV;'-' iv. 1 NOT GUILTY, SAYS KIDNAPER. Mrs. Boy ruined and Held In Def a of $25,000 Bond Mercer, Pa. Moroor, Pit.

Mi'H. Itolon Doylo, of It. tUiylo, i of Wllllo i I WIIH nrrnlRtiud Imforo of Hid I'nucn TliotuiiH McClaln, nt. tlilo iilaco cluirgoil with kidnaping, Morenr, Apr. lloton lioylo, wifo of Jamoa II.

Unylo, klil- tmpnr of Wllllo Wltllla, WHS buforo Jimtlno of tho Pence Thomas Mo.CInln, at. thin placo yesterday, clmrgod with kidnaping. Bliu entered a plea of "not guilty," ami hold for the action of the gruml Jury In tho sum of $25,000 ball. Hor hURbuml waived a hearing at Sharon. Mon.Jny and Is held In tho Jail hero on a similar bond.

Tha mystery surround Ing the utran- gor who vlaltoil MiB. Boylo In Jail last Monday wan cloaroil laut night when VV. J. McDermott of Chicago toll) frlomlB hero that ho called at the Jnll In the nbaunca of SharlR ChOBS BUI! Identllled the prisoner ns bis Bister, Anna McDermott, who oiopod from ChlcHgo. with Doyle thrco years' ago.

WANTS AUTO FOR SHERMAN. Senator Scott the Vlce-Presi- dettt Should Have a Buzz Wagon for Personal Use. Washington. To prbvlile the vlce-proslilent with carriage or nutomobllo "for his social uses," la iho purposo of a resolution offered by Senator The preamble of the resolution declares carriages are provided for heads of various departments, and the government of the District of Columbia lor their business "and social H30B," nnd lliHt the office of the vice- president being of greater dignity and honor than others mentioned in the preamble should hfcve equal accommodations. It was referred to Iho committee on continent expenses.

Prefer Booze to Uniforms. Malmnoy City, to subscribe to the 'total abstinence pledge, six tint US jjoS'cs from tho borough force by Chief RntgcoBB Doughney. Policeman Wilds, 0110 of tlio recalcitrants, declared: "I would not quit drinking for Ibe presidency." Pats a Baseball Bill. St. Paul, bill allowing the plnying of biiaeball on Sundays between one and six o'clock In thn nft- crnoon has pnsred the house.

Santa Fe Road le Divided. SfiutS "5 TOSii divided Us system Into two operating sections Wedneadajr. Tkw eastern Hues, of which J. Hurley baa boen made general manager, hare their at Topeka, and Include the Illinois, Missouri, Kansas City, eastern, middle. Oklaaoam aad south- era Kanaaa dfetekm.

pi W. Koooa, with at AsaarUto, is aeaeial maM 'tee BOAT BLAST KILLS TWELVE. French OH Bark Blown Up at Marseilles Many Are Injured and The French tank Jules Henry, Capt. Escoffler, In the oil trade between Philadelphia and Cotte, blew up Thursday and was practically totally wrecked. Twelve members of her crew were killed and many others wounded.

A representative of (he Veritas agency, accompanied by the second officer, was inspecting the vessel at the time blew up. In the course of their work the two entered Us" lank bold. Immediately after thors wan a tremendous explosion. The entire deck of the bark wns lifted, and thu forward portion of the ship was wrenched off. Twenty wen of the crew nt work painting and repairing were W'lWti into tho sir.

Great, sheots of flro Bhot tip from the vesael, nnd In a few BccundK ohe was enveloped In flumes. Prompt aid came from neighboring ships In the harbor, but It was Impossible for tho small boats lo got cloao in to tho burning vosanl. Six burned and mutilated 'bodies have been ro- covorod from (ho floating wrackngo. A number of wounded men also have been brought nshorn. OtborB still aro missing and undoubtedly porlslH'd.

Tho aiicond oftloor and tho agency Inspector wore thrown high In tho by thn forco of tlio explosion. They aro still nllve, but nro not expected lo live. Tho Jules Henry dlBfilinrgod hor cargo ut Qetto mid arrived born March H7 with hor empty for Inspection. READY TO GREET ROOSEVELT, Even the Lions and Are Getting Reetlees In Brltlih East Africa. Mombnsn, HrlllBh Bunt lii'upnrnlluii for Iho rot-option hero of Tlittodori) Hoouuvult uro iioiirhiR completion, ri'oilorlck John JiiokHon, lloti- Intuini govornnr ot tho iirotootortito, fumotts sporlBnmn nnd tha author of llio book on bis gamo In tho llndmln- ton library Herlon, wlll roaolvo tliu for- iiit'i- president.

Blnco tho advent of the rains lions Imvo boon tarrlfyfhjc tho natives with- In four of Klllndlnl. An eluphatil that evidently had strayed from herd mgdo Its wny Into tho basaar at Mn- slngl and played luivoo. The nullvos at Maslngl have been assured that they nasd have KO.further fsar, ss Mr. Rooaevelt is on his wny to the protectorate to hunt. They are awaiting Mr.

lloosevelt's arrival contentedly. MILITARY PRISON IS BURNED. jit Fort Leavenworth Panic- Stricken by the Flames, Rut None Escape. T-savenworlli, military prison Ht. Fort.

T.nRvnnwnrth WBB rln. slroyad by fire Wednesday night. More than 800 convicts wore panic stricken as tho flames, which flrst destroyed the tailor and blacksmith shops, attacked the' main building. The prisoners, under guard ot United States troops were marched out of the burning building and as far as Is known none escaped. The soldiers were ordered to kill any man who tried to flee.

The loss Is estimated at $300.000. Many of tho prisoners were III and had to be carried out. Eight Killed by Dynamite. Clillileollie, O. A terrific explosion occurred along the route ot the i Norfolk A.

Western railroad Tuesday in which eight workmen were killed and 20 or more were Injured. Detroit Man Qolf Champion. Pinehurst, N. D. Standlsh, Detroit Country won the i i i i i i i i i i iTGpitY jli i iTurEuSy'5 ftnnl round in the ninth annual united North and South' Golf chamV plonshlp, (lofeatlng C.

Becker, Woodland Qolfclub, Auburndalo, King to Greet Roosevelt. Tribuna publishes a rumor that King Victor Rmmanuel will eilher. meet Theodore Roosevelt In the Strait of Messina, or take him to Sicily on an Italian battleship. Policemen to Guard Roosevelt. ex-Preeldent Roosevelt will by a corps of bicycle poliowBCjB nnder 'command ot Commlaeioner Meaaaoapo who it a of the noted Car! afemaacapo.

Mr. BooMVett will reach here OB ftaaday aatf "armace- menta hare been otade for the aatllna- ot tbe steamer Admiral, oa watek he travel froffl this port to at uidafeBtMonday. in i sagagsiBiiiii i HCEm in AIMHIP WITH riQHT 11 LIFE. DISAPPEAR IN A SNOWSTORM Conquers the A Her a Thrilling in the Ciouda and Lsnde Without Injury' to or His Crew. hours In tho air, its crew fifhtlnfs against death In a Kate, tbo airship of Count Zeppelin landed safely at Dlngolnng, B5 miles north of city.

The count attempted to fly from Frledrfehfihafen to Munich and return, when the crbll encountered the storm. The airship was manned by Count Zeppelin, Maj. Sperling, several officers of the engineer corps, and a crew of soldiers from the balloon battalion of the German army. Tfce party numbered about twenty. Part of the journey was made under of peril; one of the motors refused to work, and it was Impossible for the airship to make headway against the wind that Increased steadily In violence.

Help- lesB and drifting rapidly to leeward, the airship traveled for four hours while Count Zeppelin and his men awaited an opportunity to make a Hafo and successful landing. They were followed over the country by soldiers fn swift automobiles and by three squadrons ot heavy cavalry. Tho airship flew over Landshut at ten minutes past 12, going to the northeast. It disappeared quickly In a Hnowstorm that arose suddenly. The count dropped out ft note addressed to the commanding officer of the three sn.iiadronn.or cavalry that followed his route.

This message read: "Beloved Comrades: Many thanks; please remain In the neighborhood i tho wind fails und 1 can return (o Munich." The airship left Frledrlehshtifeii. and flve hours later appeared in air over tho outskirts of Munich. A ilia'ance of 111 mJJes "'as severed ii flvo hours, The count loft Krlod- rlchshufen with the Intention of try- Ing to nnll from thorn to Munich and back. It was his Intention lo land here In tho presence of the prince ro- gont nnd tho entire garrison of Munich, hut owing to a socially and Increasing wind tho maneuver wan 1m- na.itilblu, Tho attempt wan mado over tho parade grounds nutBldo tho city, but HH soon HH It wfla seen lo bo 1m- poHulhlu lliu Hhlp i agniu hid) air. Tho cuiint Hum tried to to Munich, but by Ibis tho wind wnn HO ulrong tlml ho cnultl make no against II, nnd 11 WHS noticed Hint tha i wag bolng driven nldowayH down tlio wind.

When Iho BoHauiuicsB of thu Hlltiutlon wan tho Iroops were ordered lo follow tho nlrtthl)) and bo prepared lo render any aaslKtHiicu poKHlble. Tha count ftmttiiivnrert it) avercamo Urn roHlBlanco (if thu i by rising Hi a greater iililtmlo, Init thlu nmtiou- vor iimmrcntly WHB not siicconsful, for tbo balloon WUH driven ruplilly from tho sight uf Hit; people of i In a northeasterly dlroctlon, KllLSfMINER i nHHTHBH.JX.HI.tl BANKRUPTCY PETITION. aneT Center ef Catholic Unlv.ret Ceuflfct Failure the funding Company. total Jin- blWIei of and assets of of which 1,300 I real estate, Her. William MeMahoc, pastor at St.

Bridget's Catholic ohureh city and editor of the Catholic Universe, filed a petition In tfes district court Wednesday. The claims amount to 92JJ.73; unsecured claims, t371.267.ftl, and commercial paper, $186,918. Father McUabon wag a- director of the Fidelity Funding Company of N'ew York, founded by P. J. Kieran and which now is In the hands of receivers.

it came about that bis name wa signed to many of the pa- pera Issued by the company for which lie now is held liable by the receivers. The petition enumerates many signed by Father McMahon. They are held mostly by New York, Plttsbure and Cleveland banks. Among tbe larger secured claims cited are the following: Carnegie Trust Company. Nfiw York, Guarantee TltU ft Trugt Company, PltUbiirg, Society for Savings, Cleveland 1336 000; Third National bank of Nuffalo, Included In the secured claims as filed by the petitioner are liabilities held by almost every banking institution of prominence in the city of Cleveland and similar institutions In, Boston, New York, Pfttsbarg, gyra- nuse and Buffalo.

The filing of the petition by Attorney J. W. Sutphen was not entirely a surprise either in financial circles here or to the parishioners of St. Bridget's who had known for some time past that the financial affairs ot Father McMahon were In a badly en- lanffled state owing to his connection with tho Kieran enterprises. It was announced authoritatively from H.

priest closely identified with the affairs of the Cleveland diocese that the liability wot forth in the petition In voluntary bankruptcy made by Father McMahon Is persons! and that the Catholic church property IK not Involved In a way that the church can lone. Constable Slays One and Wounds Another Whin Attempt Is Madu to Rescue Prisoner. PltlslMirg, man was killed and knottier probably fatiilly In a riot between a. crowd of minors formerly employed nt the mines of the Allegheny Coal Company at Cheewlck, near here, and two deputy constables Kt that place. The dead man IB Mlko Strenynrrt, aged 20 years, Norwalk Hulterxn, uged 24 years, haa two bullets In hla bnck.

Tho tronblo stnrtod when the crowd of miners attorn pled to rescue a Comrade who had been arrested by Dap- uty Constables Holland and Blnlr. Holland, who dlil the shooting, IB under a $2,000 bond. FAILS TO KEEP DEATH PACT. UPHOLD BRITISH NAVY POLICY House of Commons AfUr Notable Debate Expresses Conflderwe In Government. London.

By a strict pnrty vote, of 363 lo Monday night, the of commons refused to exprons Inck of confidence In tho governmerii's navsJ pollny. Tho motion on which a notable dubnte hinged, was proponed by Arthur Hamilton Lee, conservative members of thg htiuse from HunU. It Hat forth "that in tho opinion of this lioime tho declared policy of his majesty's government respecting tha immediate) provision for battleships of the newost tyjw, docs not sufflnlontly ne- cure Iho lafoty of tho empire," Louden on bolh Hides upoko, besides Sim-mi lessor lights. J. Unlfohr and Mr.

Leo accused the cnblnat of Incom- lialnnny nnd dnmundfld Ihftt eight nrondnoiiRlits bo laid down Immediately. Prutnlor Aurjuilh nnd Sir Edward Orey, HocruUry for foreign affairs, jironchod oppononu for making iv imriy ijiiaiitlciu of tho mom vital matt of thn country's relations. HUSBAND AND WIFE SLAIN Toledo, Police patfisd by Mysterl. Murder of Couple, Evidently by Robbers. Tolodo.

tho finding of the bodice of Ludwtg Krucger, aged 68, and his wife, aged Bn, liurlod In the- oeliap of thsir horns which was Htroycd by tiro Thursday, tho are confronted by a mizzling murder inyHtery. M. a tailor, last Saturday savn Mr. Kru'eger $2,000 as part payment for the purchase of a farm. It IB believed that robbery was the motive and thnt tho slayor, a burying tho bodies and replacing the brick flooring in the cellar, set flre to house to covor up the murder.

After Slaying Wife and Child, Husband Loses Hie Courage and Flees to Woods. Grand Rapids, Mich. An utr'o clous double murder was committed In Antrim county, eight miloa southwest of Mancelona Sunday night, tbe wlfo and Infant child of George Hoopfer. a farmer, were hacked to death with on ax. Tbe husband was placed under arrest and, confessed that he killed wife and child.

He said that he and his wife talked all night about Uow nice It would be for the three of them to die together. Finally, according to Hoopfer's story, It was agreed between them that he should kill them all. When he saw them dead he says he lost his courage and instead of killing: himself fled into the woods Hard Blow for St. Louis. A wife, according to a ruling b'y Circuit Judge Grimm, nas'nc right to search' her husband's pockets for money.

This was decided In the case of James J. Dooley, whose petition for divorce from Lillian a. Dooley was answered with a cross bill. Quarantine Rio Grande El Puso, quarantine against ports In Mexico threatened with yellow fever infection was made effective Thursday at alt ports along the Rio Grande. San Francisco Freed of Plague.

atorr bant fought campaign to rid Baa Fraa- ciaoo of iU recent bubonic placna la told aa report public by pttal service. Tat disease by a of tfest 1.0M.OM fort to wipe) oiit SHOOTS; CAUSES DEATH OF 2. Father-ln-Law of Ex-Qovernor of Colorado Shoots Woman and Kills Self. Denver. John Collins, father of Mrs.

Joaso McDonald, wife of former Oov. McDonald, Monday shot and fatally we; 3ed Miss Sarah Nichols, and then killed himself. The shoct- ing took place at McDonald home, 1151 Logan avenue. The motive for the shooting Is unknown. Collins to Denver recently from Pennsylvania.

Miss Nichols was Mrs. aunt on her mother's side. Collins la believed to have been insane. Mrs. McDonald said that she believed her father to have bees mentally unbalanced from melancholia.

Dr. Jones; Slain In Philippines. has been received hero ot the murder of Dr. William Jones, the noted anthropolosisr who was in tho field for the Field Museum of Chicago, at the town of Dumobato, at the headwaters of the Cagayan river. In label a province.

"Drya" Get Big Majority. Newcastle, county, previously "dry" by remonstrance Wednesday gave the temperance forces a majority ot 2,816 In a county option election. Thlrty-tlflht Miners Entombed. Mexican miners are entombed In 'tbe coat icUe at Minor, operated by lbe Cotaulla Hialnc Company the re- Mlt of aa nploaton catuad from damp. It'to feared they are.